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September 2011 GOOD TIMES 3

GOOD

TIMESVol. 5 No. 12

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ContentsBirthday Trivia

Birthday trivia answers

1. Kristy McNichol2. Barry White

3. Joey Heatherton

4. Nell Carter

4 .....THOSE WERE THE DAYS

Howdy Partner!

5 .....I DIDNT KNOW THAT

Why we say the things we say

6 .... KEEPING THE LIGHT ON

Your chance to be alighthouse keeper

7 .... A LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS LIFE

The first lighthouse keepers hada very secluded life.

9 .... COSTS KEEP GOING UP -

Are you prepared for retirement?

10 .. BACK TO SCHOOL BLUES...

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Part 3 of our TV Western Series

In the middle to late 1960s TVwesterns were declining in num-bers as a television medium. Still,

a few new ones did come alongand achieve success.

High ChapparralThis program followed the ad-

ventures of those living and work-ing on a ranch in the Arizona terri-tory of the 1870s.

The series ran for 4 seasons,from 1967 to 1971, with a total of98 hour-long color episodes beingproduced. The ranch building it-self was and still is located at OldTucson Studios just west of Tuc-

son, Arizona.The series featured drama and

humor in a style similar to Bonan-za. In fact, the programs creatorwas David Dortort, the same man

who created Bonanza.The main stars and their charac-ters on The High Chaparral were:Leif Erickson as Big John Can-non; Cameron Mitchell as Buck,Johns brother; Linda Cristal asthe beautiful Victoria MontoyaCannon, Johns second wife

The Big Valley1965-1969

Originally known as The Saga

of the Big Valley, the title was

changed just before the premiere.The Big Valley starred lm

legend Barbara Stanwyck as thewidowed matriarch of the Barkleyclan, living in the Sacramento Val-

ley following the Civil War.The all-star cast featured Rich-ard Long (Nanny and the Profes-sor), Peter Breck, Lee Majors (6Million Dollar Man),and LindaEvans (Dynasty). More talk thanaction, but one of the best themesongs of all time.

The Wild,Wild West

1965-69

The Wild Wild West (therewas only one Wild in the titlewhen the show was rst an-nounced) starred Robert Conradas Agent James West, Ross Martinas Artemus Gordon and (occasion-ally) guest-starred Victor Buonoas Count Manzeppi and MichaelDunn as the diminutive, evil Dr.Miguelito Loveless.

Despite relatively high ratings(winning its Friday night spot the

entire time it was on the air), theseries was canceled because ofcomplaints about too much vio-lence on TV.

Maverick1957-1963

James Garner started out as theonly Maverick on Maverick, butwhen production fell behind onthe popular series, Jack Kelly wasintroduced as brother Bart andseparate production teams went to

work to meet de-mand.

James Garner left the show af-ter season three and Kelly was oc-casionally joined by brothers Beau(Roger Moore) and Brent (RobertColbert).

The Virginian1957-1963

The Virginian is a Western tele-vision series starring James Drury,and Doug McClure. It aired onNBC from 1962 to 1971 for a totalof 249 episodes. Filmed in color,The Virginian became televisions

rst 90-minute western series.Immensely successful, it ran

for nine seasonstelevisionsthird longest running western,with nine seasons and 249 epi-sodes.

The series revolved aroundthe tough foreman of the ShilohRanch, played by James Drury.As in the books, the foreman wentonly by the name The Virginian.

The Virginians real name wasnever revealed in the nine yearsthe show was on the air. The se-ries was set in Medicine Bow,Wyoming, and circled around the

Virginians quest to maintain anorderly lifestyle at Shiloh.

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September 2011 GOOD TIMES 5

Up or GrabsTheres an old joke credited to

economists about recessions vs.depressions.

Youve probably heard it: arecession is when your neighborloses his job. A depression is whenyou lose yours. (OK. So theyreeconomists. Nobody expects themto be too funny.)

But all kidding aside, werehard pressed to watch a singlenewscast these days without thedepressing reports of rising unem-ployment and all things economicdownturn.

It doesnt take the media to tellyou this; (though some might arguethe media isnt helping matters.)You can just look around. Seemseveryone knows someone who isscrambling for work, scrambling tosalvage a mortgage, or scramblingto avoid the dreaded pink slip, (thatis, provided its not you, yourself,thats doing the scrambling).

This week Ive heard fromfriends forwarding resumes. Ive

heard from colleagues looking tochange careers entirely. Some of usare starting brand new businesses.Others are just trying to stay aoat.Bottom line: when times get tough,anything up for grabs is fair game.

Curiously, the phrase up forgrabs was born under similar eco-nomic conditions. The expressionis a product of the Great Depres-sion

For those whose grandmotherssaved twine back in the 1930s, you

too, have probably heard tales ofhow people pulled together. Indi-viduals, as well as businesses didall they could to survive. Smalltown diners and cafeterias learnedto salvage every scrap of food, asany and all excess could be some-ones only meal. Soon, restaurantowners began bagging their left-overs for beggars and those hardest

hit. It became customary for thesebags to be set at the end of thelunch counter, available to anyone

who might be in need. From thischaritable custom, up for grabs wasborn, from a handout, set up on thecounter for the needy to grab.

Paying throughthe nose

Blame it on vacation season.Blame it on the war, but one stop atthe pumps and youre instantly re-minded that were paying through

the nose for this stuff called gaso-line.Alternative fuel discussions

aside, the secondary question(right after, Whens this going tostop?) is: Since when did any-one pay through the nose, and justwhats the scoop behind this ex-pression?

Turns out, we can thank theSwedes for this one. No. No onethere literally paid through thenose, though sources tell us there

once was a time when the Swedishgovernment charged its citizens bythe nose (which is another term fora head tax).

For the record, paying throughthe nose, is used in two contexts.1) It means you paid too much (asif to say, you were overcharged).2) It is also used in reference toinstallment payment methods:(think rent-to-own, and othersuch extended payment plans that

likewise, mean youre paying toomuch).

Story has it that many moonsago, the Swedish government(in their never ending efforts toraise more funds) came up withthe brilliant idea of a nose tax ofone penny per person. From this,paying through the nose became

synonymous with illogical (if notludicrous) over payment, whichtoday we cite more often in non-governmental contexts. (Not thatour government doesnt have uspaying through the nose as well.)

While other theories exist(Some will tell you the Danes usedto split the noses of those whodidnt pay their poll taxes. Otherstrace it to the Greek word rhinos,their slang for money, but our basisin medical terminology, for nosesand nose jobs), I tend to go withthe Swedes on this one, as payingthrough the nose just sounds bet-ter when its coming from prettypeople.

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Need a getaway vacation? Wantomething unique, yet will keepou busy with new experiences.

Ever think of becoming a light-ouse keeper?

There are many programs inhio, Michigan and Indiana thatffer the opportunity for noviceso take on the chore of volunteerighthouse keeper. If you wouldike to wonder outside of the mid-est, lighthouses keepers are alsoeeded on both Atlantic, Pacicnd Gulf coasts.

Opportunities to stay at a light-ouse include:

Bed & Breakfast - A former

ighthouse or keepers quartershich has been converted into a

raditional B&B providing over-ight accommodations and food.

Vacation Rental - Availableor short term or longer stays. Nor-ally includes everything except

ood. No keeper duties or respon-ibilities.

Lighthouse Keeper for a Fee -tay for a nightly or weekly rate invacation type facility. Commonly

equires the performance of someeeper type duties such as guidingours or light maintenance. Oftenequires membership in the localighthouse association.

Volunteer Host Keeper - Per-orm keeper duties in return forost free accommodations; usuallyn RV hookup or small apartment

type housing. Duties are normallymore extensive than LighthouseKeeper for a Fee programs. Somerequire membership in the locallighthouse association.

Michigan has 120 lighthouses,(more than any other U.S. state)and many of them have volunteerkeepers programs for overnightstays.

Grand Traverse Lighthousewas the rst. (www.grandtraverse-lighthouse.com/keeper-program/).

The primary responsibilities ofvolunteer resident keepers are togreet visitors to the lighthouses,provide visitors with historical in-formation about the lighthouses,operate the lighthouse gift shop,and to give tours to the top of thetowers. Volunteers are very busyand keepers who are at these sitesduring the Spring and Fall monthsprovide tours and programs forlarge numbers of school groups.

Volunteers are required to learnbasic historic information about

the lights and about lighthouses ingeneral. They must be energetic,comfortable speaking in public.Excellent health is a high prior-ity as the keeper will be climb-ing many stairs daily and will beworking long hours.

In addition to providing visi-tors with a fun and educational ex-perience at the lighthouses, volun-teer keepers have numerous otherresponsibilities. They are asked to

maintain the facilities by sweepingoors, sidewalks and tower stairs,removing trash and thoroughlycleaning the keepers quartersupon your departure.

With lighthouses that have giftshops, the volunteers will also bekeeping the gift shop stocked andrunning the cash register.

Volunteer lighthouse keepers

usually work for a period of one ortwo weeks. Usually six volunteers(combinations of couples/singles)live and work on-site during eachtour of duty. In some cases thehousing is at the lighthouse, butmany times the volunteers arehoused in a nearby state park orlodging. Volunteers are requiredto be on site at all times other thantheir scheduled days off. Keepersusually work a minimum of eight

hours per day. and sometime someevenings for special programs andtours.

Among the lighthouse keeperprogram locations are Big SablePoint, Little Sable Point and Lud-ington Breakwater; Tawas PointLighthouse, located in Tawas PointState Park; Cheboygan River FrontRange Lighthouse, Cheboygan,MI; 40 Mile Point, Rogers City,MI; Grand Traverse Lighthouse,

Northport, MI.The DeTour Reef Light Pres-ervation Societys Keepers Pro-gram on Drummond Island, MI.;is a wonderful, unique opportunityto experience life as a lighthousekeeper on a 1931 offshore historiclighthouse, enjoy the magnicentviews of beautiful scenery and

freighters coming to and from

Lake Huron at the mouth of the St.Marys River, and to contribute topreservation of one of Michigansmagnicent maritime monuments.Approximately 20 ships plus manymore pleasure craft pass close bythe lighthouse every day.

Sunrises and sunsets are spec-tacular! DeTour Reef Light is theonly off shore light (i.e. not land orisland based) that offers a volun-teer lighthouse keeper program.

There are many online informa-

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As a lighthouse keeper at Grand Traverse Lighthouse, youll stay inthe ormer assistants quarters on the northern side o the lighthouse.Inside youll fnd a ully-equipped modern kitchen, a comortable livingroom area, two bedrooms, and a bath and a hal. Each o the bedroomscontains two twin beds, accommodating up to our adults at a time.

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For most of the nineteenthentury, lighthouse keepersere political appointees.enerally, the local collec-

or of customs nominated anndividual to the Secretary ofhe Treasury, who formallyppointed each keeper.

By the 1870s, the Light-ouse Board, which then wasesponsible for the operationf all lighthouses in the U.S.,

ad established basic char-cteristics that keepers mustossess. Newly appointedeepers should be betweenhe ages of 18 and 50. Aeeper should be able to readnd write, keep simple nan-ial accounts, be able to pullnd sail a boat and possessufcient skill to maintain thequipment and perform mi-or repairs.

Keepers were required toeep a daily logbook of dailyvents, accomplishments,hipping trafc and weatheronditions. We know thesehings because logbooks haveeen saved over the years.he government required de-

ailed record keeping. Therere entries about dusting,crubbing and painting. Theaily routine included trim-ing wicks, cleaning the lens

nd keeping the windows freerom soot.

Before electricity, manyf the lighthouses had manu-l fog bells. When fog wouldoll in the keeper had to ringhe bell in the designated pat-ern. Ships used this patterno know where they were. So

keeper may have to ring aell two gongs every 15 sec-nds until the fog lifted!

So life was busy but couldet boring do to the constantoutine but the keeper had toeep everything in a constanttate of good repair as thereere unannounced routine

nspections.The lighthouse keeper also

aced daily danger. Keepers

had to haul heavy oil cans upto the lantern room for thelight. This may mean tripsup the stairs every couple ofhours. If the lighthouse hada pulley system for rotatingthe lens, that had to be reset

every so many hours. Gearspresented a danger espe-cially to ngers.

When you see a light-house, you know its becausethere are dangerous watersaround and that location putkeepers in danger. Violentstorms, ice ows and oods

presented life-threateningdanger. Ships in heavy foghave been recorded as run-ning into lighthouses sittingoffshore. Lighthouse keep-ers risked their lives trying torescue crew and passengers

from sinking ships.By far the biggest danger

to keepers was re. Until theuse of electricity, all lampswere wicked and burnedsome form of oil or kerosene.Fire was a daily threat.

Because of the sometimesdifcult life, many keeperssuffered a variety of debili-tating illnesses, ranging fromalcoholism and depression to

arthritis.Loneliness was also a ma- jor issue. There were manylighthouses that sat offshoreor on remote islands. Keepersat these lights were not ableto have their families withthem at the lighthouse.

Books were an importantpart of the keepers little freetime. Lighthouse tenders ontheir scheduled stops woulddrop off a new library.The library was a woodenbox that would be lled withbooks. The men stationed atthe lighthouse would havethese books to read until thenext visit from the tender.

Most offshore keepers

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This photograph is be-lieved to be that of Mainelighthouse keeper EdmundHowe.

What was life like for the early lighthouse keepers?

Busy? Boring? Dangerous? Lonely? Yes to all.

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worked two weeks at thelighthouse and then hadone week on shore, de-pending on the weatherconditions.

Keepers who were for-tunate to be stationed onland-based lighthouses

were able to have theirfamilies with them. Thelighthouse keepers wouldoften work for years at atime without a change inlocation. Keeper dutieswere passed down fromfather to son and in somecases from father to daugh-ter or husband to wife.

Every family memberhelped with the respon-

sibilities of keeping thelights burning and dailychores around the house.

Most had vegetable gar-dens and raised some do-mesticated animals. Forchildren who lived onislands close in to shore,they rowed to shore dailyto attend school. In moreremote islands, children

were home schooled orsent to the mainland dur-ing the school year.

Supplies were deliv-ered once every two weeksor so, weather permitting.

For the most part mostbeing a lighthouse keepermeant a life of learning,discovering and investi-gating nature.

The men and women

who tended the light werepeople of unparalleleddedication and courage.

Above: Fanny May Salter, a lighthouse keeper inthe U.S. Coast Guard service, polishes the lens in theTurkey Point Light, Maryland.

Above left: Many lighthouse keepers were able tohave their entire families with them. Children werealso responsible for many of the duties at the light-house, like this family who lived at the Pencarrow

lighthouse in faroff New Zealand. The son of thefamily took over duties when his father past away.

The Punta Gorda Light Station in HumboldtCounty, Califorina was known as the Alcatraz oflighthouses because of its inaccessibility and becauseLight House Service employees were supposedly ex-iled there because of misconduct.

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Costs keep going up are you prepared?

Many people have likely experiencedsticker shock this year asrices increased signicant-y at the gas pump and the

rocery store. Consumersave no choice but to pay up,ut rising costs can be a bighallenge during retirement.uture retirees will be forced

o dig deeper into their sav-ngs to maintain their desiredifestyle, or may have to sim-ly cut back in order to makends meet.

The recent uptick in theost of living is a reminder

hat life gets more expensivever time. This is importanto keep in mind as you planor your retirement. For retirees who are inood health, life after leaving the workforceould extend on for two or three decades.

Adjust your goals accordinglyIf you anticipate a lengthy retirement,

t is important to recognize that the loss ofurchasing power will be one of the mostritical risks to overcome. Even if the an-ual cost of living average increases at aodest rate of 3 percent during your retire-

ent, your living expenses will theoreticallyouble in less than 25 years.

Many preparing for retirement make theistake of assuming that the income theyill need to meet their living expenses in

he rst year of retirement will be consis-ent throughout their lives. To determine

more precise estimate, you must inateour income need each year. For exam-le, if you estimated a retirement incomeeed of $50,000 per year for 30 years, thatould indicate total anticipated spending of

$1,500,000. But if you assume that inationwill boost living costs by 3percent per year (from therst years income need of

$50,000), the total incomerequired would actually bemore than $2,375,000.

A tiered approach tomanaging money

The reality of purchas-ing power risk is opposite ofwhat many expect to happenwith their portfolio in re-tirement. Typically, retireestend to keep money investedin relatively safe vehicles

such as FDIC-protectedsavings accounts and xedincome investments such as

Treasury securities.Although you may retire from work,

you cant retire from investing. Due to theconsistently increased cost of living, sim-ply putting all of your money into xed in-come investments and living off of it isntthe answer. Over time, youll discover thatthe income generated is not keeping up withination.

A different solution to consider once

you reach retirement is to split your savingsinto different buckets of money. These in-clude:

Cash to meet immediate income needsover the next 12 months, keep enough mon-ey in safe, liquid accounts that you can ac-cess freely to pay current expenses.

Short-term investments you dontwant to risk money that must be in place tofund income needs in the near future. Youshould consider setting aside enough sav-ings to meet another 1-2 years of income

needs in investments with no (or limited)principal variability, such as certicatesof deposit or short-term bonds. Protectingprincipal remains a high priority for this

segment of your money.Long-term investments money that is

not needed in the next few years to fund yourincome needs should be invested more ag-gressively, with the goal of generating capi-tal appreciation. Investments can include adiversied mix of stocks, bonds, cash andother assets (such as real estate or commodi-ties). This portion of your money is treatedvery much like the portfolio you maintainedduring the accumulation stage of life. Besure to assess your risk tolerance before de-

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ost your best friend orhat life will never behe same? You mighte experiencing Empty

est Syndrome.Empty Nest Syn-

rome is a general feel-ing of loneliness and/orabandonment that par-ents or family membersmay feel when one ormore of their childrenleave home. It is morecommon in women.The marriage of a childcan lead to similar feel-

ings, with the role andinuence of the parentsoften becoming lessimportant compared to the newspouse.

A strong maternal or paternalbond between the parent and childcan make the condition worse. Therole of the parent, while the childis still living with them, is morehands-on and immediate, than ispossible when they have movedout, particularly if the distancemeans that visits are fewer and fur-ther between.

When children move away orgo to school for the rst time as ayoung child, those of you experi-encing Empty Nest Syndromemay need to consider other optionsto ll the void of the empty house.

Some people look for some-thing that is living and breathingthat will take their mind off of theirfeelings, like a pet; others go back

to work or get involved in theirchildrens activities at school, oth-ers do all of the above.

Bottom line; try to keep a goodsolid relationship with your chil-dren. Be their parent and condant

not their best friend.Give them respectand they will giveyou respect. Listen

to what they have tosay and talk to them,not at them and theywill always comeback to the nest tovisit.

But when all issaid and done, tosoften the blow ofour children leavingthe nest, we need tostay involved in our

community, church,local organizationsand aid and support

our children to ll the void andmaintain a feeling of usefulnessand worthiness. That is what it isall about.

So enjoy them each and everyday because they grow up muchtoo soon. Time that has passed cannever be given back.

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Back to School Blues..

Empty Nest Syndrome

2 cups Flour1 cup Sugar1 tsp. Baking Powder tsp. Baking Soda

1 tsp. Salt cup Shortening or Margarine1 TBS Orange Peel cup Orange Juice2 Large Eggs, slightly beaten1 cup Cranberries, frozen (packed & coarsely

chopped)1 cup Walnuts (chopped)Fresh cranberries may be used toss in our.Heat oven to 350.Combine rst 5 ingredients.Using a pastry blender, cut in shortening until par-

ticles are size of coarse meal. Stir in peel, juice andegg just until ingredients are moist. Fold in cranber-ries and nuts, do not over mix.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.Makes 6 large mufns or 12 regular mufns

1 cup Sugar1 cups Flour3/4 tsp. Baking Powder

tsp. Baking Soda tsp. Salt + 1/8 tsp. Ginger + 1/8 tsp. Cinnamon2 Large Eggs cup Safower Oil1 tsp. Vanilla1 cup Shredded Zucchini (packed) + 1/8 cup Pecans (chopped)Add dry ingredi-

ents rst, then wet

ingredients, addzucchini and pecanslast, bake at 325 for30 minutes.

Makes 6 jumbomufns or 12regular mufns

Cranberry-Walnut Mufns Zucchini-Pecan Mufns

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In the Same Boat


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I just got a haircut.

Please, dear readers, do me

a big favor and drive downtown

right away so you

can see my new

haircut and realizewhat its supposed to

look like. Come and

catch a glimpse of the

before version. Feel

free to snap pictures

at this eventIll be

taking a few myself for

posteritys sake. Its

important to capture

this moment because

by this time tomorrow,my lovely hairstyle

will spontaneously

combust and Ill be

back to routine bad

hair days. Twenty-four hours after

a visit to my hair stylist is about all

the time I get to look like a mature

woman who is in control of her own

hair.

And then its my turn to style

it.

Unfortunately,

no matter what I do

to avoid regressingto the after version

of my hairstyle, its

an epic failure. I try

in vain every six

weeks to magically

recreate what my

stylist has done

to my hair. I shell

out big bucks for

the specific salon

products she used.I pay close attention

to every swish of

the brush and sweep

of the curling iron. I

ask what shes doing at every step.

I request a mirror so I can study the

back of my head. I always walk

out of there with a false sense of

confidence that I will indeed be able

to duplicate what she hath wrought.

How hard can it be? I ask myself.

Then I get home and all hair

breaks loose. My shower water, the

hair products and my general lackof styling ability combine to make

the good look of yesterday a sad and

distant memory. The reflection in the

mirror is disappointingly familiar

as my stick-straight tresses settle

in to their disappointingly familiar

state. Despite the massive amounts

of gelling, spraying, spritzing,

curling, flattening and moussing, I

have lost the battle. I grab one of

my husbands nearby golf hats, jamit on my head and run through my

tired list of excuses to give confused/

startled people I meet on the street:

Im hiding from the paparazzi.

Its a scientific experiment funded

by the government and Im a

paid promotional spokesperson for

this golf company. One of these

explanations usually

leaves the curious

onlooker somewhat

satisfied, albeit

somewhat frightened of

me. Thatll be

tomorrow.

But for today, my

stylist has effectively

calmed my cowlick,

defeated my duck-

tail hairline and re-

energized my relaxed

roots. My hair is so shiny and

perfectly styled that I could be on

one of those shampoo commercialswhere the woman purrs, dont hate

me because Im beautiful. Because

of the Good Hair I possess this very

moment, I am sharp, put-together

and walking proud. I feel like I

could conquer the world. Or at the

least, conquer my little corner of it.

My stylist has transformed me into

an unstoppable, well-coiffed ball o

fire that could accomplish a to-do

list in the blink of an eye.Hmmmm. I wonder if shes

busy tomorrow

Mary Beth Weisen-burger writes

from her home in northwest Ohio, often

with a golf hat on her head. Check out

her website at www.marybethw.co

and give her a call for a presentation.

She promises not to wear the hat.

Hair today, gone tomorrowIn the Same Boat

By Mary BethWeisenburger


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